Mainly suffers from the fact that the satire, which might've seemed biting when the novel first appeared in the Nineties, now seems more like a very-slightly-tongue-in-cheek version of reality. Indeed, the movie is oddly sweet, in a lot of ways, and I'm not sure that's exactly what suits the material.
Outside of that this is perfectly diverting, with Mr. Eckhart in particular wonderful as the brave pr lobbyist who suffers trials and career reversals before learning, in a heartwarming conclusion, that it's not so much whether anything he says is true or not, it's more the quality of the bs.
Outside of that this is perfectly diverting, with Mr. Eckhart in particular wonderful as the brave pr lobbyist who suffers trials and career reversals before learning, in a heartwarming conclusion, that it's not so much whether anything he says is true or not, it's more the quality of the bs.